The Gift of the Century
Jul 24, 2020 23:17:25 #
Another year just turned over for me and for my better half's hers is fast approaching. So this year we decided to pool our gifts and buy just one item for both of us that we will be able to benefit from. However this purchase has not only covered our birthdays but also our anniversary, Christmas and any others for a few years in the future. We splurged and purchased a Canon 100-400 II lens. Both myself and my wifes hobby is nature photography and this sure will come in handy. But the purchase price of a bit over $3000 meant that we will have to forget about any other toys for an extended period of time. Right now both of us use extensively a 300 Canon f4 prime with a great amount of success, but the extra reach of this lens will be a great bonus.
Since we are literally locked down to some extent at the present time I only had the opportunity to try this lens out from my back deck and from what I have seen it surely is a winner. I tried a variety of modes at a variety of distances and for the most part all is more than just OK in my book. I've attached a few pics that illustrates what I am babbling about. Please not that all these are basically SOC with just cropping, some fairly sever. I used an program called Photopad to download all the pics and did no enhancing. This set of pics illustrates what the limits this lens is capable of going from 6 to 40,000 feet with little problem. Like I said I like what I see and we are looking forward to get out in the field and seeing just how good this lens can be.
LittleRed (Ron)
Since we are literally locked down to some extent at the present time I only had the opportunity to try this lens out from my back deck and from what I have seen it surely is a winner. I tried a variety of modes at a variety of distances and for the most part all is more than just OK in my book. I've attached a few pics that illustrates what I am babbling about. Please not that all these are basically SOC with just cropping, some fairly sever. I used an program called Photopad to download all the pics and did no enhancing. This set of pics illustrates what the limits this lens is capable of going from 6 to 40,000 feet with little problem. Like I said I like what I see and we are looking forward to get out in the field and seeing just how good this lens can be.
LittleRed (Ron)
Fly at 5.9' (1.8M)
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Chipping Sparrow at 18' (5.5M)
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Blue Jay at 30' (9M)
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Downy Woodpecker at 30' (9M)
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Squirrel at 45' (14M) at dusk poor light (4000ISO)
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Airplane Boeing 787 from Poland (LOT) at 39000' (12000M)
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Airplane McDonnell Douglas MD-11F from Germany (Lufthansa Cargo) at 40000' (12100M)
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Jul 25, 2020 00:50:54 #
LittleRed wrote:
Another year just turned over for me and for my be... (show quote)
Congratulations on the lens, I use one and it is one of my three favorite lenses. But where did you buy it? The price at B&H etc is $2199.
Opps, forgot you are in Canada.
Jul 25, 2020 13:15:26 #
Very nice results, Ron, on a purchase that I am sure will bring the two of you great happiness.
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